musgo real hot towel shave | fazer a barba a quente e a frio

Posted on April 10, 2017

Since its opening, last fall, I was waiting for this service to be available at Claus Porto Lisbon Store, on Rua da Misericórdia (read all about it here).

Wait no more. Every Saturday, from 10 AM to 03 PM, Claus Porto, the oldest family-owned soap and perfume manufacturers in Portugal, has teamed up with the barber Salvador, from Barberhood Shop (Lisbon and Ericeira) to provide an old school hot towel shave to special clients — this serviced is complimentary to those who spend at least 50 euros on Musgo Real products.

This manly line, featuring products like shave cream, body cream, soaps and colognes in four distinctive scents — the classic one (a combination of patchouli and vetiver, lavender and geranium, witch hazel, aloe and Echinacea), Orange Amber, Oak Moss and Spiced Citrus — was already beautifully displayed downstairs, at the new Lisbon store, but now their products are also part of the 45 minute grooming ritual.

My hipster beard is gone but I still don’t shave everyday, so I was quite happy with the result — shaving is so much easier after the use of a hot towel and at home it’s almost impossible to get that same clean cut effect provided by the combination of skilled hands and a sharp straight razor.